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Title: Dos
Post by: Nightmare03 on January 29, 2004, 06:47:43 pm

How can i get dos to install off a cd ?

I have disc1, disc2 and disc3 of dos 6.2 BUT i have no floppy drive... Ive tried putting it onto the harddrive then running it but it says insert floppy and press ctrl + alt + del to install. I need to boot it off a cd, like emulate the floppy drive.

Help me please!
-Nightmare

Title: Re:Dos
Post by: SirPeale on January 29, 2004, 08:59:23 pm

AFAIK, you can't.  Those CDs are not bootable.  You need a install floppy.  There isn't anywhere you can salvage a floppy drive?  I've seen more drives tossed than I care to count.  Likely you can borrow one, or get one off eBay for a couple bucks.

Then, once you do, get a boot disk from http://www.bootdisk.com

Title: Re:Dos
Post by: Nightmare03 on January 29, 2004, 09:06:39 pm

What does AFAIK mean?

It is possible to run dos 6.2 installation off a cd once you get into a prompt, my freind did it, except i cant get in touch with him to ask him about it... I use a windows 98 bootdisc to get a prompt but then i cant install after, sux.

-Nightmare

Title: Re:Dos
Post by: maraxle on January 29, 2004, 09:14:10 pm

FreeDOS (www.freedos.org) can do it.  Maybe you can look at how they do it, or just use FreeDOS instead of MS-DOS.

Title: Re:Dos
Post by: APFelon on January 29, 2004, 10:20:48 pm

AFAIK = And For All I Know. Usually used out of context.

APf

Title: Re:Dos
Post by: SirPoonga on January 30, 2004, 12:35:22 am

Free dos will install off CD.  It's pretty good.

Title: Re:Dos
Post by: Nightmare03 on January 30, 2004, 01:01:47 am

 ;D It doesnt matter now, i got windows 98 running at last!!! Like 10 installs O_o

I think it was the cyrix cpu which i replaced with a intel ...  ;D

Title: Re:Dos
Post by: SirPeale on January 30, 2004, 09:25:00 am

Quote from: APFelon on January 29, 2004, 10:20:48 pm

AFAIK = And For All I Know. Usually used out of context.

Bzzzzzzzzzzt!  I'm sorry, but the correct answer is:

As Far As I Know.

Title: Re:Dos
Post by: Howard_Casto on January 30, 2004, 09:42:47 am

What he said.

Title: Re:Dos
Post by: screaming on January 30, 2004, 10:08:31 am

Quote from: Nightmare03 on January 29, 2004, 09:06:39 pm

What does AFAIK mean?

As Far As I Know (http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=afaik)

/S

Title: Re:Dos
Post by: Thenasty on January 30, 2004, 12:42:28 pm

I thought it was

As Far As I Kick    :o